‘MegaCopa White’ — small white flowers on a trailing mat for the edge of winter baskets and pots. Morning sun, afternoon shade, and never let it dry out even once.
Bacopa is the trailing white filler in the classic winter basket — a mat of small round leaves and hundreds of tiny five-petalled flowers that spill over a rim and soften everything above them. ‘MegaCopa’ has flowers twice the size of older types. It is easy in the cool months with one absolute rule: if it wilts, it drops every bud and takes weeks to recover. Keep it moist and it blooms from a fall planting to June.
We commonly carry ‘MegaCopa White’. Morning sun, afternoon shade, a saucer under the pot. The rest of the color tables are on our Annual Flowers & Foliage page.
This is the bacopa we commonly carry. Availability changes week to week and season to season, so call (480) 987-3308 or stop in to see what’s on the bench today.
Large-flowered white bacopa on a vigorous trailing plant to 12 inches, bred for heat tolerance and fast basket fill.
Looking for one that isn’t listed? Ask — we can usually suggest a close match or tell you when it tends to come around.
The care tag was written somewhere else. This is the Queen Creek version.
Set out from mid-October through February. Fall plantings bloom from November to June; spring plantings from March to June. Bacopa fades once nights stay above about 70°F and is gone by early summer. It takes light frost; cover below 28°F.
Never let bacopa wilt. Water pots and baskets daily from the start, every other day in the coldest weeks, and keep a saucer under the pot. A plant that wilts drops all its buds and takes three to four weeks to flower again. A moisture-retentive potting mix with plenty of peat or coir.
Plant it at the rim of a 12-inch or larger pot or basket so it trails, three or four plants around the edge of a large container. Under a covered patio or on the east side of the house the basket stays cooler and needs less rescue.
Morning sun and afternoon shade, even in winter. In full afternoon sun the mat dries out and scorches; in deep shade it stops flowering.
A bloom fertilizer at half strength every two weeks. Bacopa is a steady feeder; a hungry plant yellows and flowers less. It is self-cleaning — no deadheading.
Aphids and whiteflies in a warm spell; hose them off. Bacopa is non-toxic to cats and dogs.
Snap a photo of the spot — sun direction, wall color, pot size — and we’ll pick a season-correct combination with you. Advice is free.
Annuals succeed or fail on what’s under them. We stock planting mix and compost for beds, potting mix for containers, bloom fertilizers including Tony’s Magic Mix and Magic Flower, starter fertilizer, drip fittings and frost cloth for the cold nights. The pottery yard has glazed and terracotta pots from 4-inch to whiskey-barrel size, window boxes and hanging baskets, and soil and mulch is sold by the bag or by the yard.
It dried out, even briefly. Bacopa drops all its buds after a wilt and takes weeks to recover. Water daily and keep a saucer under the pot.
Mid-October through February. It blooms until June and fades in summer heat.
Morning sun and afternoon shade. Full afternoon sun dries the mat out.
No — bacopa is self-cleaning.
Light frost, yes. Cover or move baskets under a roof below about 28°F.
Yes, non-toxic to cats and dogs.
Bacopa live on the annuals tables; any staff member can point you to them. Locally owned, and a short drive from San Tan Valley, Gilbert, Chandler and Mesa.